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- From: wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David Wald)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c.moderated,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Is C/C++ convertor available ???
- Followup-To: comp.lang.c++
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 14:24:33 -0500
- Organization: Theory of Computation, LCS, MIT
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- In article <4khlpr$t5g@solutions.solon.com> c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
- (Kazimir Kylheku) writes:
- >In article <4kg88m$ig8@solutions.solon.com>,
- >William O'Hara <ohara@tiac.ent> wrote:
- >>Classes and such all boil down to structures.. Don't
- >>ever get the idea that C++ is its own language. It goes
- >>through a tier of translation before compilation.
-
- >This, of course, is pure nonsense.
-
- >The way we may feel about the worth of C++ doesn't change the fact
- >that: 1) it is a language in its own right, and 2) g++ does _not_
- >translate C++ to C. It is a compiler for the C++ language.
-
- Also, 3) as C++ stands now, the translation to C is far from trivial.
- C++ isn't just C With Classes; classes are the easy part.
-
- -David
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